Article
Human papillomavirus 16/18/45 are not the most frequent genotypes in African American women: analysis in cervical Papanicolaou smears of women in an inner-city hospital.
Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology - 1 Jan 2000
Dababneh Melad N, Birdsong George, Mosunjac Marina B, Krishnamurti Uma
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer is considered the most common human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated disease in women. Primary and secondary prevention methods have been established through Pap tests, HPV molecular testing, and vaccines. Although the most common high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) genotypes in the United States are 16, 18, and 45, there is reported ethnic disparity in the distribution of these genotypes....
Topics
- Female
- Humans
- Papanicolaou Test
- Uterine Cervical Dysplasia
- Vaginal Smears
- Human Papillomavirus Viruses
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Black or African American
- Genotype
- Papillomaviridae
- Hospitals, Urban
- Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions